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A French man who was unemployed tried a new way to get a job. He put his CV (résumé) a giant billboard. The billboard was to a very busy road. It was four metres long and three metres high. There was a photo the man wearing a Santa Claus hat. There was a message the billboard that said: "Trilingual operations manager seeks position hotels, restaurants, tourism and leisure." 70,000 people a day could see the CV their car. Jobseeker Laurent Le Bret, 41, said: "All I want Christmas is a job." His idea worked. A holiday resort contacted and interviewed him. He started his new position as an operations manager ten days he put his résumé the billboard.

Mr Le Bret had help the owner the billboard. He was going to pay to put his CV the billboard. However, the advertising company decided to give him the space free. Mr Le Bret saved 2,000 euros ( $2,700) because he did not have to pay. The advertising company is called Pisoni Publicité. The company's CEO spoke to the France 24 news agency. He said: "We thought it was an interesting idea. When people come with ideas like this we are always keen to see what we can do. We’re very happy to prove that what we do works, and that Mr Le Bret is back at work." Many people contacted Mr Le Bret after he got his job. They want to try the same thing. There are 3.3 million unemployed people France.